Re: why not this SR experiment?

David <dseppala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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The measurements are done in an inertial frame. The orbiting
spacecraft is just a convenient way to get a speed difference between
two objects. The same experiment can be done if the spacecraft leaves
orbit and travels in a straight line with no acclerattion. Or are you
saying that if the light source happens to be an orbiting spacecraft
the speed of an electro-magnetic pulse emitted from that craft depends
on the velocity of the spacecraft (that is, the velocity of the
source)?
David

You don't need orbiting space craft. Look at the moons of jupiter.
Calculate relative motion of those moons wrt earth.

You should see variations in light propagation time of over 1.7 seconds for
some of the moons of jupiter.
Compare the orbits, as determined by orbiting spacecraft around jupiter,
and earth based or hubble based measurements of orbits.

See if they are significantly different in a way consistent with c'=c+v.
Get a Nobel if you can show they are.



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bz

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